Heavy Music Concerts
Louder Than Life 2021 Lineup: Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Jane’s Addiction, Judas Priest, and More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-14T16:09:49+00:00“>May 14, 2021 | 12:09pm ET The lineup for the 2021 Louder Than Life Festival has been announced, and it features a stacked lineup that includes headliners Metallica, Nine Inch Nails, and Korn, along with Jane’s Addiction, Judas Priest, Snoop Dogg, Mudvayne, and many more bands. The lineup is arguably Louder Than Life’s strongest yet, perhaps making up for the fact that promoter Danny Wimmer Presents had to postpone last year’s fest due to the pandemic. Taking place September 23rd-26th in Louisville, Kentucky, the event will feature Metallica headlining two nights (Friday and Sunday) with Korn topping the bill on Thursday and Nine Inch Nails closing out the eveni...
Riot Fest 2021 Lineup: Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins, Faith No More, Pixies, DEVO, and More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-14T17:39:00+00:00“>May 14, 2021 | 1:39pm ET Chicago’s annual Riot Fest has unveiled its updated 2021 lineup, with an impressive list of bands that includes headliners Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Run the Jewels, along with such acts as Faith No More, Pixies, DEVO, and many more. The four-day event takes place September 16th-19th at the Windy City’s Douglass Park. The main event takes place Friday through Saturday (September 17-19th), with a preview party on Thursday (September 16th). Joining the aforementioned bands on the bill are Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday, GWAR, Dirty Heads, Sublime with Rome, Lupe Fiasco (performing The Cool), Vic Mensa, NOFX, Circl...
Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard Reschedule Tour for 2022
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-14T20:28:39+00:00“>May 14, 2021 | 4:28pm ET Mötley Crüe’s reunion tour will have to wait another year, as their co-headlining stadium outing with Def Leppard has been pushed to 2022. Originally scheduled support acts Poison and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts will still be along for the ride. After signing an agreement that they would never tour again following the end of their farewell tour in 2015, Mötley Crüe dramatically blew up the legal paperwork in announcing their return in November 2019. The band then announced a 2020 summer stadium tour with Def Leppard, only to postpone it to 2021 due to the pandemic. Now, they’re pushing the tour to 2022. The newly announced tour dates ...
2022 Monsters of Rock Cruise to Feature Alice Cooper, Queensrÿche, Skid Row, and Many More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-11T14:33:14+00:00“>May 11, 2021 | 10:33am ET The Monsters of Rock Cruise will return in 2022 with a lineup headlined by Alice Cooper and featuring a who’s who of ’80s hair-metal bands. The rockin’ boat trip sets sail February 9th from Miami, hitting the Bahamas and Haiti before returning on February 14th. The cruise also serves as a trip back in time, as ’80s stalwarts like Queensrÿche, Skid Row, Cinderella’s Tom Keifer, L.A. Guns, Kix, Winger, Michael Monroe, Great White, Loudness, Vixen, and more will all be aboard. ’90s rockers Lit are also on the bill for the Monsters of Rock Cruise, which will be hosted by former That Metal Show stars Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Flore...
The Original Misfits Replace My Chemical Romance at the 2021 Aftershock Festival
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T21:20:11+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 5:20pm ET The 2021 Aftershock Festival lost one of its big headliners when My Chemical Romance decided to put off any touring until 2022, but the Sacramento, California, event has rebounded with a killer replacement: the Original Misfits. That’s right, Glenn Danzig and company will top the Saturday (October 9th) lineup, with Metallica headlining the Friday (October 8th) and Sunday (October 10th) bills. After last year’s edition of Aftershock was postponed due to the pandemic, promoter Danny Wimmer Presents announced that scheduled 2020 headliners Metallica and My Chemical Romance had committed to the 2021 event. The festival also added a fourth ni...
Dirty Honey Announce 2021 US Tour, Won’t Stop Rocking at Actor Taylor Kitsch’s House
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-05T19:46:05+00:00“>May 5, 2021 | 3:46pm ET Rising hard rockers Dirty Honey have announced a headlining U.S. tour set to launch next month. The band is apparently prepping for the trek by performing nonstop at the home of actor Taylor Kitsch. In the short clip posted on Kitsch’s Instagram, the Friday Night Lights actor bemoans the fact that he invited Dirty Honey over to perform at his house … and now they won’t leave. “I haven’t slept in four f**king days because of what’s going on up there,” Kitsch says to fellow actor Derek Phillips, who arrives at the house carrying a golf club. “[John] Notto’s doing solos at 2 in the morning.” The pair make their way to the roof deck, where D...
Megadeth and Lamb of God Announce Rescheduled Dates for 2021 North American Co-Headlining Tour
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T17:58:23+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 1:58pm ET Megadeth and Lamb of God have announced new rescheduled dates for their previously postponed North American co-headlining tour. Trivium and In Flames will provide support. The package tour had already been rescheduled from last year to this summer due to the pandemic, with hopes that it would kick off in early July. Now, it has been rescheduled once again, with a launch date of August 20th in Austin, Texas. Billed as “The Metal Tour of the Year”, the list of dates has shrunk with each rescheduling announcement, now spanning six weeks. From Texas, the trek will bring Megadeth and Lamb of God across the Southwest and up the West Coast befo...
The Bamboozle Festival to Return in 2023 Following 11-Year Absence
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T14:24:36+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 10:24am ET The Bamboozle Festival, which became one of the premier events for emo bands and their fans during its run from 2003 to 2012, will return to New Jersey in 2023 for its first staging in 11 years. While few details have been announced, the event will take place May 5th-7th, 2023, at an undisclosed venue to mark the 20th anniversary of the first edition of the festival. Over the years, The Bamboozle boasted My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Newfound Glory, and countless other bands. While it became known as an emo destination, the New Jersey fest also featured such varied acts as Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, D...
Gojira Announce Fall 2021 US Headlining Tour
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T16:22:51+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 12:22pm ET Gojira have announced a 2021 U.S. fall headlining tour, set to kick off October 11th in Salt Lake City. Kentucky hardcore band Knocked Loose and New Zealand thrashers Alien Weaponry will provide support on the October outing. The run of fall shows will come right after Gojira play the Aftershock Festival on October 9th in Sacramento, California. The band will head across the Midwest and South into Florida before making its way to upstate New York, and eventually wrapping up October 29th in Cleveland, Ohio. The dates also follow the French metal band’s trek in support of Deftones that runs from August through September. That tour was pre...
Sevendust Announce Summer 2021 US Tour
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-27T19:54:32+00:00“>April 27, 2021 | 3:54pm ET Feeling confident that the country is gradually opening back up, Sevendust have announced a month-long summer U.S. tour. The veteran hard-rock band will be out in support of their 2020 album, Blood & Stone. The tour kicks off June 26th in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and runs through a July 24th gig in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The band promises that the gigs will be socially distanced with COVID protocols per local guidelines in each market. The trek will mark Sevendust’s first chance to properly support their 13th studio album, after performing a few livestream shows during the pandemic. Related Video Heavy Consequence caught up with Sevend...
Boris Announce “Tour in Your Head” 360 Degree Streaming Performance
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-26T19:51:24+00:00“>April 26, 2021 | 3:51pm ET Boris have announced a stream of their NO private release party performance, which was shot with a 360-degree camera. The “World Tour in Your Head” stream premieres on May 1st at 11 a.m. ET and will be available for viewing through the 10th. Following the physical vinyl/CD release of their album NO, which landed on our list of the top heavy albums of 2020, the Japanese experimental band performed the record in its entirety behind closed doors at the Tokyo venue Fever in November of last year. A 360-degree camera captured the performance, which will finally be unveiled on May 1st. Similar to virtual reality, viewers will be able to adj...
Punk Rock Bowling 2021 Festival Lineup: Circle Jerks, Devo, NOFX, and Many More
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-26T22:25:43+00:00“>April 26, 2021 | 6:25pm ET After the pandemic postponed the 2020 edition of the Punk Rock Bowling festival, the popular gathering will be back in 2021 — albeit with significant changes from last year’s planned lineup. Circle Jerks, Devo, and NOFX will headline the three-day event, which takes place September 24th-26th at the Downtown Las Vegas Event Center. Circle Jerks are a holdover headliner from the 2020 lineup, while Devo and NOFX take the place of Cock Sparrer and Madness. The rest of the bill is a combination of select bands that were slated to play in 2020, as well as newly added artists. Among the other notable bands on the 2021 lineup are Frank Turner...
